
Ep 160 Geriatric Trauma 2 Rib Fractures, Pelvic Fractures, Prognostication, Elder Abuse, Discharge Planning
Emergency Medicine Cases
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How to Assess Frailty in the Emergency Department
The number one predictor about how people are going to do with invasive mechanical ventilation, for example, is frailty. At Sunnybrook, we actually screened for potential frailty in the emergency department. It's very hard to prognosticate early in the absence of preexisting wishes, severe frailty, or an unsurvivable head injury.
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